What in the World?

How the world is changing just makes me feel helpless.

We can all complain, but what good does it do? We can

offer our services , but to whom? We can get involved

politically, but then we are not politically correct in

one side or the other. We can join civic groups, church

outspoken groups, etc. but still be considered making

the wrong choice. We can talk to our friends, co-workers,

and people on the street and still be judged as inferior.

I am older than average and is it just me or were times

easier many years ago. There were no terrorist, once in a

while a plane would be hijacked to Cuba, but no one got

hurt, and I flew 100K a year. Today I dread flying with a

passion because of all the time and effort it takes to get

there and the last two out of three times my bags finally

reached me when I arrived back home from my destination.

It seems that the government is trying to take over the

health care system, the banking system, the auto industry,

the housing system, and we are suppose to just lay back and

let this happpen. Where is group from the sixties that

opposed the Vietnam War ? I will tell tell you. We are

down at the Social Security Office trying to find out

what can we get back from all the money we have sent

them in the last 50 years. We don't have time to

protest except on facebook, or a blog, or

maybe an occasional letter to the editor. Do

we just face the fact that we have lost total control

of our lives and give up the sound principles

that our parents taught us so our children

can wear their pants below their knees. I really

don't know. I am just the messenger bringing

you up to date on the new message.

We have lost the war of hope and are resigned

to sit back and watch the cartilage. This is not

the future we envisioned as a child, young adult,

or working parent. I might be wrong, but I don't

think so. This is our life.